Norstrand Fralin or Barts for slap..??

again sorry for the ignorance ..im still digging around and wanted a few opinions. i see alot fo reviews and comments about the vintage sound but not much on funk/slap. im looking for a set of j's that hold the vintage but have a really nice high end slap . i'm leaning more towards the fralins but have recently seen alot of good stuff on nordstrand. again not much on the slap aspect.opinions please

again sorry for the ignorance ..im still digging around and wanted a few opinions. i see alot fo reviews and comments about the vintage sound but not much on funk/slap. im looking for a set of j's that hold the vintage but have a really nice high end slap . i'm leaning more towards the fralins but have recently seen alot of good stuff on nordstrand. again not much on the slap aspect.opinions please

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I have a 2000 MIA jazz bass with Fralins in it, it's ash with a maple neck. This is my staple jazz, my go to bass when I'm not sure about the room. The Fralins while being a vintage sounding pup sounds excellent for thump and pop, You must remember that style of playing started in the late 60's by Larry Graham using a Passive jazz bass! Larry brought that style into the 70's where it took off. The Fralin pups re-create that vintage sound clearly. I hear great things about the Nord's but have never heard them up close and personnal.

I have Nord NJ4SEs on my Jazz (coupled with a J-Retro) and can get great slap tones, even better than my SR4, which was my favourite bass for slapping before I got the Nordies on my Jazz. It works particularly well with a slight EQ dip in the high mids and a HF boost some way above that (I use the sweepable mid and the pull bright switch on the J-Retro for this).